Well the first reply happened in < 5 minutes!
Notice the link URL is *NOT* the URL that the anchor text is. The forum shouldn't allow this.
Definitely a scam / attempted virus. And yes those accounts are fake.
MODERATORS REMOVE THIS!
What's wrong with that link? I saw an ad and a Guardian News article.
The Guardian News article is embedded in the page. But at the bottom of the page is the following code:
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It attempts to install a trojan. Here is my wget dump... sorry I don't have time to do more in depth analysis on this. But definite virus.
--2013-05-24 20:23:47-- http://ge.tt/api/1/files/8jfPsUh/0/blob?download
Resolving ge.tt... 79.125.123.149
Connecting to ge.tt|79.125.123.149|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 307 Temporary Redirect
Location:
http://w301638.open.ge.tt/1/files/8jfPsUh/0/blob?referer=&user=anon-ZTCGfaS4PKRSc7YJ6rx4rfqpUptUTnjUPMceEpmd-&download= [following]
--2013-05-24 20:23:47-- http://w301638.open.ge.tt/1/files/8jfPsUh/0/blob?referer=&user=anon-ZTCGfaS4PKRSc7YJ6rx4rfqpUptUTnjUPMceEpmd-&download=
Resolving w301638.open.ge.tt... 54.228.183.153
Connecting to w301638.open.ge.tt|54.228.183.153|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 307 Temporary Redirect
Location:
http://w144938.blob4.ge.tt/streams/8jfPsUh/Flash%20Update%202.06.exe?sig=-T7ZGwmaPGTWW0NNN1c11zAKOW7ecvJ-qBE&type=download [following]
--2013-05-24 20:23:47-- http://w144938.blob4.ge.tt/streams/8jfPsUh/Flash%20Update%202.06.exe?sig=-T7ZGwmaPGTWW0NNN1c11zAKOW7ecvJ-qBE&type=download
Resolving w144938.blob4.ge.tt... 54.247.2.234
Connecting to w144938.blob4.ge.tt|54.247.2.234|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 819200 (800K) [application/x-msdownload]
Saving to: `Flash Update 2.06.exe?sig=-T7ZGwmaPGTWW0NNN1c11zAKOW7ecvJ-qBE&type=download'
100%[===================================================================================================================>] 819,200 341K/s in 2.3s
2013-05-24 20:23:50 (341 KB/s) - `Flash Update 2.06.exe?sig=-T7ZGwmaPGTWW0NNN1c11zAKOW7ecvJ-qBE&type=download' saved [819200/819200]